Guillaume de Fontenay (born March 6, 1969) is a Canadian film director
and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted for his
feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable),
which received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th
Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.Prior to releasing Sympathy for the
Devil, de Fontenay worked primarily in theatre and advertising, and
directed the short film Le Retour triptyque in 2012. He first signed
on to direct Sympathy for the Devil in the mid-2000s after reading war
correspondent Paul Marchand's book, but the film was delayed by
various production complications, including Marchand's death in 2009,
and was not completed or released until 2019.At the Canadian Screen
Awards, de Fontenay was nominated alongside Guillaume Vigneault and
Jean Barbe for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the film was also
nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award. Vigneault,
Barbe and de Fontenay also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best
Screenplay at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, where de Fontenay was
also a nominee for Best Director.
and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted for his
feature film debut Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable),
which received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th
Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.Prior to releasing Sympathy for the
Devil, de Fontenay worked primarily in theatre and advertising, and
directed the short film Le Retour triptyque in 2012. He first signed
on to direct Sympathy for the Devil in the mid-2000s after reading war
correspondent Paul Marchand's book, but the film was delayed by
various production complications, including Marchand's death in 2009,
and was not completed or released until 2019.At the Canadian Screen
Awards, de Fontenay was nominated alongside Guillaume Vigneault and
Jean Barbe for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the film was also
nominated for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award. Vigneault,
Barbe and de Fontenay also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best
Screenplay at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, where de Fontenay was
also a nominee for Best Director.
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